Can Lens wrest the Ligue 1 title from mighty Paris Saint-Germain? For the moment, the team from the north, second classified, beat Strasbourg 2-1, this Friday in matchday 30, and provisionally came within three points of first place.
The leader PSG, who is coming off two consecutive defeats, visits Nice this Saturday (8th)with the mission of winning to get back with six points more than the second.
All this also with the prospect of an exciting Paris Saint-Germain-Lens on the next day, which is crucial.
“We are happy to have won a difficult match tonight. Each one manages the pressure and we manage ours. For the rest, everyone knows what to do. We are not giving up anything,” declared the Lens coach Franck Haise.
Beyond the fight for the title, Friday’s victory has great value for Lens in their fight to be on the podium and thus qualify for the next Champions League.
It stands out with three points more than Marseille (3rd) and with six more than Monaco (4th), who travel to Lorient and Nantes on Sunday, respectively.
In his match this Friday, Lens opened the scoring in minute 11, when the Pole Przemyslaw Frankowski He successfully concluded a nice collective action, after being assisted by a former Strasbourg player, Adrien Thomasson. Initially disallowed for offside, the goal was finally validated after a video review.
After missing several clear chances, Lens was finally able to expand the account in 65, thanks to the Argentine Facundo Medina, with a low shot that hit the post before entering the Alsatian goal.
A goal by Kevin Gameiro in minute 85 gave Strasbourg oxygen, who, however, could not avoid the defeat and even ended up with ten due to the expulsion after a second yellow from Habib Diallo (90 + 4), for protesting in an action in which he claimed a penalty.
With this defeat, Strasbourg continues its particular ordeal. He is sixteenth with 26 pointsthe same as the first team in the red zone of the table, Auxerre (17th), which on Sunday visits Ajaccio (19th).
Program of the 30th day of the French Ligue 1:
– Friday:
Lens – Strasbourg 2 – 1
– Saturday: in Bolivian time
11:00 Angers – Lille
15:00 Nice – Paris SG
– Sunday: in Bolivian time
7:00 a.m. Lyon – Rennes
9:00 Ajaccio – Auxerre
Montpellier – Toulouse
Reims – Brest
Troyes – Clermont-Ferrand
11:05 Nantes – Monaco
14:45 Lorient – Marseille
